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HISTORY OF CANADA
1763-1812

BY

Sir C. P. LUCAS, K.C.M.G., C.B.

OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

1909

HENRY FROWDE, M.A.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK
TORONTO AND MELBOURNE

PREFACE

My warm thanks are due to Mr. C. T. Atkinson, M.A.,of Exeter College, Oxford, who most kindly readthrough the proofs of the chapter on the Warof American Independence and made some valuablecorrections; and also to Mr. C. Atchley, I.S.O.,Librarian of the Colonial Office, who has givenme constant help. Two recent and most valuablebooks have greatly facilitated the studyof Canadian history since 1763, viz., Documentsrelating to the Constitutional History of Canada,1759-91, selected and edited with notes by Messrs.Shortt and Doughty, and Canadian ConstitutionalDevelopment, by Messrs. Egerton and Grant.I want to express my grateful acknowledgementsof the help which these books have given to me.

C. P. LUCAS.

December, 1908.

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